J. B. Richardson (Packet, 1898-1913)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1898 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned below the wharf at Paducah, Kentucky on November 18, 1913
• OWNERS: Ryman Line; Cumberland River Steamboat Company (1910)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain W.S. Bowman (master, 1900); H.L. Kendle (purser, 1900); James Cook (clerk, 1900); Mike Martin (mate, 1900); Lafayette Spillers (pilot, 1900); Harry Wills (pilot, 1900); Samuel W. Felts (pilot, 1909)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Cumberland River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2815; She was named for a shoe merchant in Nashville, Tennessee. Ran Nashville-Evansville. On April 20, 1909 she collided with the H.W. Butteroff on the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, slightly damaging the Butteroff. Pilots on both boats were found at fault. Pilot Felts of the J. B. Richardson had his license suspended for 10 days following this collision